AND HERE IS CHAPTER 2!

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Chapter 2

Encounters

6.30 PM

Room 204, Girl's Dorms

"You're really pretty," May said staring at her roommate, who read the latest issue of the monthly ROGUE. The girl with midnight blue hair looked up for a few seconds at the brunette before giving a small smile and returning back to her magazine. Meanwhile, the redhead called out from the bathroom, "There's no toilet paper!"

"Why didn't you check before you decided to take a dump?" Dawn called back, while flipping a page.

An angry voice resounded, "HOW WAS I SUPPOSED TO KNOW? YOU CAN'T JUST HOLD THAT STUFF IN YOU KNOW!"

"WELL DON'T GET ANGRY AT ME, MISTY! WE ONLY JUST MET!" Dawn said, slamming her hands on the table and standing up. "HOLD IT IN A BIT LONGER!" she shouted and stormed out of the door to the Girls Dorm reception.

6.37 PM

Girl's Dormitories Reception Centre

"Good afternoon, what can I do for you today?" a smiling Nurse Joy asked.

"We've run out of toilet paper…and my, er, friend is kind of in the middle of a –"

"Here you go!" Nurse Joy happily said, handing her a whole sixteen-pack of toilet rolls.

"Um…I'm sure one's enough?" Dawn nervously stated, but Nurse Joy had already retreated back into the Pokeball storage room to satisfy the requests of other students so Dawn had to carry the hug pack up five levels of stairs. On second thoughts, she decided to avoid all embarrassment and use the elevator instead.

6.41 PM

Elevator

Unfortunately, luck wasn't on her side that afternoon, because just as she entered the elevator, the girl who Dawn had hoped to avoid running into, decided to walk into the elevator with her two bright pink bags. Her light pink hair was tied in two extremely curly pigtails and she wore a purple dress which went up to her knees. "I can't believe they don't have any porters to carry my luggage. A girl's hands are supposed to be delicate."

Dawn decided that they only way to conceal herself was to use the toilet paper pack itself, and so she held it up to cover her face. "Oh, do you work here?" the girl asked Dawn. Dawn replied with a nervous 'not quite'. "Well, do you have diarrhoea or something? Or maybe you just like collecting toilet rolls?" the girl smirked.

"Huh…funny" Dawn replied trying to laugh as inconspicuously as possible. She then realised that she hadn't even selected which floor she'd be disembarking on, and it was much to awkward to do so in that situation. She realised that the girl lived on the fifth floor. Soon enough the elevator had reached the top floor, and it opened. To Dawn's surprise, the pinkette remained inside. "Aren't you getting OFF?" Dawn asked, before realising how rude she'd sounded.

Luckily she hadn't picked it up, "No, I'm on the second floor. I just realised I forgot to press the button. I guess your toilet rolls just distracted me," she said chuckling to herself before pressing the button.

6.47 PM

2nd Floor Hallway…In front of the elevator

Dawn thought of all the ways possible to avoid her when getting off the elevator in her current predicament. She decided that she'd hold it open long enough for the girl to get off before waiting for an all-clear and getting off, herself. Everything was going smoothly until May's voice called at her, "THERE YOU ARE DAWN! I was about to look for you! Did you get the toilet paper? Misty said she's feeling really sick…"

"Dawn?" the girl asked, and unfortunately May had snatched the pack and made a run for Room 204 leaving Dawn by herself. "Dawn, as in Dawn Berlitz. Oh my gosh, you're actually here?" It was tense for a few moments, as neither of them knew what to say. Dawn hoped that it would be like old times, and they'd both squeal and hug each other out of happiness. Except she knew that there was no way, after the many things which had torn their friendship apart, that they could ever go back to maintaining the same closeness as before. "Fancy running into you, first thing after I get here…" she muttered.

"It's not like I wanted to run into you either, but I guess things just didn't work out the way we wanted, did they?" Dawn replied.

"Actually, they worked out perfectly…" Ursula said closing her eyes for a long time and then opening them, "…Just perfect," she then continued under her breath.
"Cut the crap, Ursula. It wasn't my fault! Despite that, I've still apologised again and again. You were part of it too, but you've never even said a simply 'sorry' to me. Not once!"

"Huh," Ursula said a slight smile gracing her lips, "You keep telling yourself that, Dawn. It's ruined my life! After what happened, there's no way we could be friends again."

"It was a whole year ago! Look, Ursula. I'm sorry! I've apologised over and over again. You never buy it! You're not the only who went through a lot, you know. You haven't even apologised to me…not once! You're impossible!" frustration was heard in Dawn's voice.

Anyways, I've wasted enough of my time here. I need to get to my dorm." She said turning her back on Dawn and picking up her two bags, but not before craning her neck and whispering, "If I were you, I would watch my back,"

Dawn stood there for a few minutes with her head bowed down. Her new school life couldn't have started any worse. Especially since the encounter with Ursula had reminded her of many things she would have preferred to keep buried in the depths of her brain. She had a quick glance at her poketch before deciding to return to her Dawn. "Hey Dawn, are you alright?" May asked peeping out from behind a pillar.
"Just how long were you standing there?" Dawn asked.

"I only came out because I heard you shouting. Was that girl bothering you?" May said innocently.

"Her name's Ursula and it's fine. Let's just get ready for dinner." Dawn said. Her voice had softened considerably and soon enough she was back in high spirits.

6.56 PM

Room 204, Girls Dorms

"It's our first day here! You don't have to eat anything! You should at least come and meet some new people," May pleaded with the redhead.

Misty simply moaned and turned around once again in her bed. "It was definitely the ham sandwiches. I knew I shouldn't have eaten them,"

May tried to plead with the stubborn redhead, once again. However Misty refused to budge from her warm spot in the room.

Dawn checked her poketch and swiftly grabbed a bottle from her bag, "Misty, take this tablet in exactly half an hour and go to bed. You might find that you poo a lot out tomorrow morning, but your stomach is going to be totally clear and you'll be fit once again! Now, let's go!" Dawn grabbed May's wrist and they rushed out of the room leaving Misty behind to inspect the bottle of tablets. "Piplup's stomach reliever…" she read out, "JUST WHO THE HELL DOES SHE THINK I AM?"

7.00 PM

Dining Hall, East Building

It was when Leaf walked into the dining hall with one of her roommates, Hilda – that she realised the sheer size of all the buildings themselves. Even the architecture was fascinating. While she marvelled at the intricate decorations carved into the many pillars and statues which decorated the hallways and courtyards, she questioned how Cynthia could have created such a magnificent structure in only a year. Meanwhile, her roommate Hilda – who she had briefly chatted with before unpacking her bags and settling into her dorm, was happily admiring the pictures of famous people in Pokemon history that hung on the wall on the outer corridors of the girls dormitories. Unfortunately, it was difficult to enjoy the history when Hilda continuously whined next to her "Leaf! C'mon! I'm hungry, so let's go to the dining hall, alright? I really need to see Hilbert,"

From Leaf's understanding, Hilbert was Hilda's boyfriend of a whole year. They'd travelled Unova together – where he'd beaten the Elite 4 but come short against the Champion himself. Hilda's passions were directed at the Unova's pride and joy, the Pokemon Musicals. She was already in the top ranks of the Musical coordinators.

It made Leaf jealous, because they'd achieved so much in their short lifetime, it made her feel mediocre. She hadn't gotten past the top 16 in the Indigo Conference, along with Ash and Gary. Only Red had managed to make it into the Top 8. She was nothing special, but she'd still been accepted. "Hello! Earth to Leaf! Let's go!" Hilda said waving her hands in front of Leaf's jade green orbs. Then she charged off leaving Leaf in a daze.

"Coming!" Leaf shouted before following Hilda into the hall. That was when she was truly astonished by the hundreds of top trainers, coordinators, breeders and researchers around her age, that came from all the regions.

"There he is!" Hilda shouted enthusiastically next to her, before sprinting to the table located at the very centre of the whole hall. "Hilda! Hey!" a brunette boy called out. He gave her a quick hug as she sat down next to him. "Are you okay? Do you like your roommate?" Hilda asked enthusiastically. Hilbert nodded and started telling her all about the very fascinating conversation he'd had with his roommate about Eevee Chasers, a very quirky video game which had been recently released.

There was only one person Leaf knew, who was absolutely addicted to Eevee Chasers…and then her memory clicked, "I see you found your way around, Leaf, "an extremely familiar arrogant voice stated. "Gary! I knew you'd be here!" Leaf happily said, giving him a quick hug.

He patted the seat next to him, where she moved to sit down. "So your roommate happens to be my roommate's girlfriend. Coincidence?" Leaf questioned.

Gary simply laughed, "I dunno Leaf. I guess the Pallet Town kids just can't be separated. Oh, but I did find a new fan club." He then pointed to a group of girls sitting at the table next to ours. They all waved cheekily at Gary who wore his trademark smirk. Leaf sighed. "I just hope their mottos are better this time."

"Of course, my biggest fan girl is sitting next to me." Gary said, giving Leaf a slight nudge. To this, the brunette female blushed slightly. It wasn't the first time Gary had ever described her in that way. Looking at Hilda and Hilbert had made her begin to visualise many things in her mind, which had never occurred to her before. To her relief, Gary offered to get dinner for both of them, from the buffet which had been spread out over five long tables. While he was gone, Leaf observed Hilbert and Hilda, closely. They talked to each other, even completed each other's sentences. At times, they kissed each other or made romantic gestures. Leaf's cheeks felt warm – even though she wasn't directly involved in it.

It made her question the tight relationship she had with Red, Ash and Gary. What if she had to choose one of them, someday…She wondered if any of them had ever had a crush on her. She'd known Ash the longest, even though she told Red all her troubles and secrets, and she probably had the most fun with Gary. Would she one day…maybe…be one of their girlfriends? Her cheeks were now burning at the thought, and she was glad that Gary had returned with a tray piled with lettuce, Brussels sprouts and green beans – her favourite.

She looked to Gary to thank him, but he just nodded, "It's on the house. I know you can't live without your greenies." Leaf looked down, unable to face him after having all those thoughts. Although, he was so happy with her company, that he didn't even notice.

7.08 PM

Dining Hall, East building

"Whew, only eight minutes late and there's still a few empty table left." Dawn said panting. May in the meanwhile was attracted to the huge buffet which had been set up to welcome students to the school on their first night. "Misty has no idea what she's missing out on!" May said, and drifted towards the buffet. Dawn poked May out of her trance, before pointing to a corner. "Let's go grab a table and then you can eat whatever you want,"

They chose the large table on the very left corner, to avoid attracting attention. They left napkins on their seat which had their names and 'reserved' scrawled with an almost dead pen before setting off to explore the buffet.

May piled two plates to the highest possible with assortments of everything on the menu, and many girls laughed at her strangely, large appetite whilst boys simply stared at the fit-looking girl who wolfed down almost everything on her two plates in a matter of a few minutes. Dawn on the other hand, had her face buried in her hands in embarrassment, especially after May's wild eating.

Lucky for Dawn, their attention changed when many of the girls in the room began squealing. "It's really him! It's Drew Hayden!" To Dawn's surprise, even May had turned around with her eyes glowing with admiration. The grass-haired boy simply flicked his bangs and picked up a plate. This made the girls squeal even more, because he did with finesse which was unusual for a teenage boy. May felt bad for him, because the girls absolutely refused to get off his case and she was about to go help him until she realised that as soon as he'd appeared, he'd left the hall.

The girls were all upset that he'd left so quickly however May's curiosity had peaked at that moment and after arranging to meet back with Dawn in the dorms, she quickly ran out of the hall – leaving her half-full plate of food (surprise, surprise) hoping to catch Drew Hayden. She caught a glimpse of his green hair rounding the corner which led to the school gardens, and she followed it.

7.32 PM

School Gardens

Soon enough, she was standing outside in the cool breeze looking at the beautiful night sky. Drew had settled down a bench with his dinner, and was enjoying it with the company of his Roselia. May gaped at the strange sight of the best coordinator in the whole of Hoenn, enjoying a silent meal with his Pokemon. Inside her mind, she was debating on whether she should interrupt his peace or not. "I know you're there," he called out. His voice was slightly husky, but it was a nice tone to hear. "Why did you follow me?" Drew asked. He continued to eat his dinner without turning around. May felt awkward standing at the entrance to the garden, so she joined him on the bench, and they both stared at the star together.

Roselia rubbed her head against May, who stroked it whilst enjoying the gentle leafy texture. "So you really are the famous Drew Hayden. Somehow, I didn't visualise you as the type to ignore your fangirls and eat dinner by yourself. I guess I was wrong. You just seem like such a – "

"…flirt?" he completed, "Yeah. That's what the magazines make me out to be."
"I'm so sorry! I didn't mean to be rude! What I was trying to say was – "May stumbled upon her words trying to find the right thing to say.

"Thanks for being honest. It's refreshing." He said recalling Roselia into his pokeball, "I take it you are a coordinator as well?"

May nodded, "That's right. I'm May Maple from New Bark Town; it's a pleasure to meet you. I actually wanted to ask you – "

"whether I'd help you become a better coordinator?" Drew finished for her. May was starting to become slightly annoyed at the way he continuously completed her sentences with such confidence. It made her feel like one of his stupid fangirls, who had no respect for his talent.

"Coordinating is a two way street. I can't help you become better; you're going to have to get there all by yourself. All I can do is tell you what went wrong every time, so that you know what to improve."

He then flicked his bangs. An extremely awkward silence hung over the both of them for the following several minutes until both of them spoke at the same time, "So…" Then May burst into a fit of giggles which Drew watched with wide eyes. "So are you missing your family?" May asked, "I sure am,"

Drew shrugged before replying, "I don't have any…"

"I'm so sorry. I really didn't mean to…!" May begun apologising.

"It's fine. You didn't know. You probably find it weird how I'm such a loner being Drew Hayden and all." Drew said chuckling to himself. He stretched his arms above his head and then placed his hands on both sides of his body while leaning forward.

Without realising May's hand reached out to touch his, and Drew felt a jolt of electricity course through his body. May felt the same and the quickly returned their hands to themselves. "So…." They both said at the same time, once again. But this time they both stood up and after saying quick goodbyes returned to their dorms.

It had been an eventful day, but everyone fell asleep excited about their very first day of high school.

Okay...not the best chapter. But it was totally different to the 'School Rush' one that's for sure.

Who doesn't love a bit of May x Drew fluff? C'mon. Anyways! Tell me how sucky this chapter was in a review :) I will reply xx

Peace and love,

Rupee